Famous 50 Quotes of Winston Churchill

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This post is in the continuation of previous post on Winston Churchill Quotes. Both the post combined describe all the famous quotes of Winston Churchill. Before moving to the quotes, let me say few lines on Winston Churchill. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British Prime Minister, is best known for his contribution and leadership during World War 2. His sharp wit and uncompromising resilience has impressed generation of all ages across the globe. He is still the only British Prime Minister to have won the Nobel Prize. He was named "Man of the Half Century" by Time's Magazine in 1949. He was born in 1874 and died in 1965. He was truely one of the greatest politicians of the United Kingdom who went on to become the Prime Minister of the country in 1940, serving till 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Below is the complete list of top 50 quotes sorted alphabetically.

26) It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

27) Keep Calm and Carry On

28) Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

29) Success always demands a greater effort.

30) Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

31) Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

32) The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

33) The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

34) The way to achieve happiness is to try for perfection that is impossible to achieve, and spend the rest of your life trying to achieve it.

35) They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

36) Those whose work and pleasure are one... are... Fortune's favoured children.

37) To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.

38) To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

39) We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

40) We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

41) We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

42) When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

43) When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

44) Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl - no superior alternative has yet been found.

45) Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech.

46) You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.

47) You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.

48) You make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.

49) You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war.

50) You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

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